Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harold Reeves


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 04:56, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Harold Reeves

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The article does not list notablity according to WP standards. Being the first missionary from a denomination does not rise to notability, nor establishing 2 small churches รัก-ไทย 16:04, 3 January 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rak-Tai (talk • contribs) 2010/01/03 16:04:54
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:25, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep The missionary had to learn Thai to be sent there. It was a hostile assignment that would have broken most people.Billy Hathorn (talk) 04:29, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Learming Thai and being in a hostile environment are not in any way
 * related to notability. รัก-ไทย 05:57, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete There are no references in the article that establish notability. Google search reveals almost nothing of published sources. รัก-ไทย 03:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Preceeding comment struck without prejudice as a duplicate vote by the nominator. A nomination already counts as a !vote, a second one is not needed. Jclemens (talk) 00:59, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:29, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:29, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete per WP:NOTMEMORIAL. There are indeed two RS references, but both are to obituaries, and the only thing attributable to the second RS should be trimmed as puffery.  If any additional independent RS are found and added to the article, presume that this !vote has been withdrawn even if I don't revisit the discussion. Jclemens (talk) 01:03, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's not like he was a missionary to Thailand in the 1550s.  And contrary to the view the article's creator expressed above, being courageous does not make one inherently notable—unless it results in significant coverage in reliable independent sources, which in Rev. Reeves' case it has not.  The sources cited are run-of-the-mill obituaries, not significant coverage, and GBooks, GNews, and my other searches for reliable sources turn up only a handful of catalog-type mentions in lists of clergy.   Glenfarclas   ( talk ) 06:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. Doesn't cross the notability bar, nothing in the article itself to establish enduring notability. WP:NOT a memorial website. Annette46 (talk) 16:39, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.